But in fact it’s like, “I don’t even make enough of an impact on people for them to even feel threatened by me.” Nate almost secretly hoped he’d get punched by Roy because at least it’ll make him feel like he’s matched him in some way, like they share the same status. It’s not for Roy to really lay into him the way he does with everyone else it’s actually more devastating for him to just not be bothered at all.
When they were writing that episode, they were mulling over what’s more painful for Nate. Brett and I are good friends from way back from doing live comedy together on the circuit and in Edinburgh Festival, so he occasionally slips me a text that’s a little teaser of what’s to come. It really comes to a head in these last episodes, when Nate oversteps with Keeley, which was inappropriate and just wrong in lots of ways. They planted the seeds for this heel-turn and allowed it to slowly, slowly, slowly work its way through the season. They were absolutely true to their word that this season for Nate was “Empire Strikes Back” territory. I’ve known about Nate’s three-season arc since we were filming the gala episode in Season 1 Jason talked me all the way through it before we even had the recommission of the show. You’ve had to keep Nate’s downward spiral a secret since filming Season 1, right? I’m as distraught as I think some of the fans of the show are feeling. I’m both anxious and excited for people to see it, because it’s an absolute corker of an ending. I just got a text from Jason this afternoon, checking in that I was alright off the back of the reaction to Episode 11 and what’s coming in 12, which is very thoughtful. It’s nice to talk about, actually! Similar to Nate’s slow build in confidence in Season 1, this has been a slow descent into darkness. How does it feel to finally be able to talk about Nate’s Season 2 arc? The conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
THE OFFICE SEASON 2 FINALE MOVIE
Mohammed - who spoke to The Times from New Mexico, where he’s filming John Slattery’s movie “Maggie Moore(s)” - revealed all about filming the heated scene with Sudeikis, that gradually graying hair color and how those final frames came to be. The episode’s last shot shows the degree of Nate’s villainous heel-turn: his coaching position on another team, run by Rebecca’s ex-husband Rupert. I earned this.” Ted immediately apologizes, but the damage is done. I belong here, this didn’t just fall into my lap. Because you sure as hell don’t belong here. “Without me, you wouldn’t have won a single match and they would’ve shipped your ass back to Kansas …. “Everybody loves you - the great Ted Lasso,” Nate continues in the episode, written by Jason Sudeikis.
“I worked my ass off, trying to get your attention back, to prove myself to you, to make you like me again. “You made me feel like I was the most important person in the whole world, and then you abandoned me,” he says. It all leads up to an intense, two-minute scene in which Nate lays into Ted.